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F.B.I. Director Warns Against Dismantling Surveillance Program
By CHARLIE SAVAGE New York Times WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, warned Wednesday that dismantling the National Security Agency’s once-secret program that is keeping records of billions of domestic phone calls by Americans would slow down investigators as they seek to stop terrorist attacks. Testifying before…
Is the Whitey Bulger Trial Destroying the Myth Behind the Man?
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Ex-Mob Prosecutor on Hoffa Dig: ‘That’s the Last One We’ll Ever See’
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– So maybe we’ve seen the last Jimmy Hoffa dig for a long long time. Perhaps ever. On Wednesday, two days after it began, the FBI stopped rooting around for a skeleton in Oakland Township Former mob federal prosecutor Keith Corbett said he doesn’t expect to see another…
Surprise Surprise: FBI Comes Up Empty Handed in Search For Jimmy Hoffa in Suburban Detroit
By Alan Stamm Deadline Detroit The show in Oakland Township is over, the FBI says. Candice Williams and Mike Martindale report details for The Detroit News: After stretching into a third day, the search for the body of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday morning in a rural field in northern Oakland County. FBI…
ICE Director John Morton Plans to Leave Agency in July
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE Director John Morton, who oversaw a spike in immigrant deportations, announced he’s leaving the agency, UPI reports. Morton, who was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in May 2009, said he plans to leave the agency at the end of July. “I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished together during…
As FBI Investigates Shooting Death of Chechen Man in Florida, Bureau Rarely Finds Agents at Fault
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI said it’s vigorously investigating whether an agent was justified in shooting to death a Chechen man in Orlando, Fla., over his ties with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. The New York Times reports that the FBI investigated 150 shootings by agents between 1993 and 2011 and each time the agent…
Former Spokesman for U.S. Attorney Blasts Feds for Subpoenaing His Documents; Questions Government Going After Client Communications
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Patrick Crosby, a former spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta, blasted the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco for issuing him a subpoena in a case involving an ATF agent. Crosby, who now runs an Atlanta-based media relations company, GeorgiaNewsmakers.com, represents controversial ATF agent Vince Cefalu, who has a…
Alleged Child Molester Arrested One Day After Appearing on “Most Wanted” List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former college professor accused of molesting children is in custody just one day after the FBI placed him on its most wanted list, CNN reports. Walter Lee Williams, who is wanted for alleged sexual exploitation of children, was arrested in Mexico on Tuesday. Williams was the 500th suspect to be placed…